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The Pensacola Dam, also known as the Grand River Dam, is a multiple-arch buttress dam located between the towns of Disney and Langley on the Grand River in Mayes County, Oklahoma. The dam is operated by the Grand River Dam Authority and creates Grand Lake o' the Cherokees .
Residents of northeastern Oklahoma communities who have been affected by flooding and toxic mining leftovers are asking federal ... The 84-year-old Pensacola Dam generates electricity for Grand ...
A feasibility study by the Army Corps of Engineers attracted favorable attention in the Oklahoma legislature, leading to creation of the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), a state agency, in 1935. Construction began in 1938 on the Pensacola Dam on the Grand River ( lower Neosho River ) as a Works Progress Administration project.
Voices of Oklahoma interview with Dr. Bruce Howard about the creation of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees and Pensacola Dam. First person interview conducted on December 2, 2014 with Dr. Bruce Howard about the creation of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees and Pensacola Dam. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history ...
The Commission ruled in January that the Grand River Dam Authority, a non-appropriated state agency that oversees Grand Lake and Pensacola Dam, is responsible for buying out landowners near Miami ...
Mayes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,046. [1] Its county seat is Pryor Creek. [2] Named for Samuel Houston Mayes, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899, it was originally created at the Sequoyah Convention in August 1905.
Pensacola is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 125 at the 2010 census , [ 4 ] which represented a 76 percent increase from the figure of 71 recorded in 2000. [ 5 ]
Cherokee State Park is located in northeastern Oklahoma on the west shore of Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, one of Oklahoma's largest lakes with over 59,000 acres (240 km 2) and 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of shoreline. The park consists of several smaller parks that are located near the Pensacola Dam and around the lake. The area is known for great ...